Chapter 3: Mental Health Examined Through Social Science

Question 1

psychoanalysis

Answer 1

human behaviour understood by looking into the unconscious mind
there is a contrast between the two aspects of the mind

Question 2

What are the 2 aspects of the mind

Answer 2

the “id” and the “super ego”

Question 3

Define the “id”

Answer 3

biological drives

basic things that are hardwired

Question 4

Define the “super ego”

Answer 4

inner representation of societal norms and cultural conventions shaped by social and family environment

Question 5

Mental health through the psychoanalysis perspective

Answer 5

conflict resolved by repressing unacceptable drive

if something continues being repressed and it is meaningful to the person, it could lead to serious mental health issues

Question 6

Inferiority complex

Answer 6

ways that social structures may cause humans to feel helpless and powerless
humans spend their life trying to prove themselves of their competency

Question 7

collective unconscious

Answer 7

understood human personality in terms of archetypes

Question 8

what are archetypes

Answer 8

a list of 12 “concepts” that are a guide as to how we live of life metaphorically
one for everyone to relate to

Question 9

What is behaviourism?

Answer 9

straightforward framework aimed to understand how behaviour is shaped by application of various stimuli, rewards and punishments

Question 10

behaviour therapy

Answer 10

aims to identify how people with mental health problems learned maladaptive response to their environment

Question 11

classical conditioning

Answer 11

learning response that involves associations between environmental stimulus and naturally occurring stimulus

Question 12

Instrumental Conditioning

Answer 12

one has been rewarded and punished for a particular behaviour
increase or decrease the frequency of the behaviour

Question 13

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Answer 13

connects cognition, our emotional state and memory

thinking –> feeling –> changing our behaviour

Question 14

Herd behaviour

Answer 14

behaviour changes when people are in large groups

more likely to do something you wouldn’t normally do if there is a larger group

Question 15

Stages of Psychosocial Development

Answer 15

identity development proceeds through a series of 8 stages across the lifespan
failure to navigate each stage can result in mental health problems

Question 16

Stages of Moral Development

Answer 16

6 stages by which individuals develop the ability to reason out moral aspects of a situation and make an appropriate ethical decision

Question 17

Systems Theory Model

Answer 17

describes families in terms of three dimensions

cohesion: degree of emotional bonding with family
flexibility: amount of change that is tolerated in the family’s leadership and relationship rules
communication: listening skills, self-disclosure

Question 18

How does society affect our mental health?

Answer 18

people living in societies that are undergoing fragmentation experience anomie
people with low levels of connections to social networks have poor mental health

Question 19

Anomie

Answer 19

sense of hopelessness

feeling lonely and disconnected

Question 20

How do politics and the economy affect mental health?

Answer 20

instability can have negative impacts on a population

in canada Aboriginals have experienced terrible losses in previous generations

Question 21

What are social determinants of health?

Answer 21

socio-political and environmental factors that influence the health of people and broad populations

Question 22

Poverty related to mental health

Answer 22

strongly correlated with poor health however the relationship between income and emotional well-being isn’t linear